Harmful Algal Information System: Event ITA-02-002

General Information

Event name:	ITA-02-002
Country:	ITALY
Nature of the harmful event:	Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:	Shellfish
Toxicity detected:	Yes (Approximate range: 2840 μg STX eq/kg)
Associated syndrome:	PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):	Mytilus galloprovincialis
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	No
Event occurred before in this location:	No
Individuals to contact:	ZINGONE, Adriana , LUGLIE', Antonella

Location:	Latitude: 40.921667, Longitude: 9.529167
General location information:	Gulf of Olbia, East SardiniA HAB Area code(s): ITA-017
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Event Date:2002-05-14
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Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Alexandrium minutum Halim 1960 (613 cells/L) Alexandrium catenella (3728 cells/L) Mediterranean A. catenella moved now to A. pacificum
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
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Event-related bibliography:	Lugliè, A., Satta, C. T., Pulina, S., Bazzoni, A. M., Padedda, B. M. & Sechi, N. 2011. Le problematiche degli harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Sardegna. Biol. Mar. Med. 18:2-9.

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positive mouse bioassay

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First PSP outbreak

Created at 12:59 on 12 Jun 2018
Updated at 08:04 on 22 Dec 2019